Iowa football's 2025 transfer-portal class wound up being five players. Chad Leistikow breaks down the pickups.

IOWA CITY - Tim Lester left little ambiguity last month about his desire to land another quarterback via the transfer portal. "We still don't have enough (quarterbacks) in there," Iowa's offensive coordinator said ahead of the Music City Bowl.

IOWA CITY - Iowa's newest addition to the quarterback room is not quite ready to take the field as a Hawkeye. Ex-South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski will undergo surgery "in the coming weeks" after playing through an injury last season,

The 2025 season for the Iowa Hawkeyes is nearly eight months away but there is already palpable excitement and anticipation for what could be in store. The addition of former South Dakota State QB Mark Gronowksi via the transfer portal has ignited hope for Iowa that they may stabilize the quarterback position this season with proven success under center.

New Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski is set to undergo surgery after playing all of last season with a “common football injury,” per release.  Iowa Quarterback Mark Gronowski will have surgery in the coming weeks and will not begin on-field team workouts until June.

Iowa football’s quarterback room became a lot more competitive on  Tuesday. South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski will transfer to the Hawkeyes. Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports was first to report the news and Gronowski confirmed via a social media post.

FARGO — Former South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski has committed to Iowa, he announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, via social media. Gronowski played four seasons for the Jackrabbits, leading the team to NCAA Division I FCS national championships during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Now, he's headed to the FBS and the Big Ten Conference.

Highly anticipated transfer QB Mark Gronowski won't have as much time to get acclimated with his new Hawkeye teammates as he won't participate in any on-field workouts until June.